Arthouse movie listings for May 12-18, 2010

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Artists' Television Access. "De Luce": Work by Janis Crystal Lipzin and San Francisco Art Institute alum. Thu., May 13, 8 p.m. $6. Wholphin: Selections from the latest issue of this motion-picture magazine. Fri., May 14, 8 p.m. $6. "Live Cinema": New experimental work by Leslie Raymond and Jason Jay Stevens. Sat., May 15, 8:30 p.m. $7. 992 Valencia (at 21st St.), 824-3890, www.atasite.org.

Castro Theatre. Iron Man 2: Starring the sexy action star Robert Downey Jr. Daily. $7.50-$10. 429 Castro (at Market), 621-6120, www.thecastrotheatre.com.

Hayes Valley Farm. Dirt! The Movie: "Farm Film Night"'s first screening. Tue., May 18, 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. 450 Laguna (at Hickory), www.hayesvalleyfarm.com.

Mechanics' Institute Library. CinemaLit: Heroic Horizons: The View from Australia: My Brilliant Career by Gillian Armstrong. Fri., May 14, 6 p.m. 57 Post (at Market), 393-0100, www.milibrary.org.

Oddball Films. "Weirdsville 14: Oddities from the Archives": Pete Gowdy screens bizarre and rare films. RSVP to info@oddballfilm.com. Fri., May 14, 8:30 p.m. $10. "Bricks in the Wall: Humans and Their Built Environment": Selections from the film archive. RSVP to info@oddballfilm.com. Sat., May 15, 8 p.m. $10. 275 Capp (at Mission), 558-8117, www.oddballfilm.com.

Red Vic Movie House. The Last Station: Helen Mirren plays Countess Sofya, Leo Tolstoy's wife. Wed., May 12, 7 & 9:25 p.m. The Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2010: Animation Program. Thu., May 13, 7:15 p.m.; Fri., May 14, 7:15 p.m.; Sat., May 15, 2 & 7:15 p.m. The Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2010: Live Action Program. Thu., May 13, 9:15 p.m.; Fri., May 14, 9:15 p.m.; Sat., May 15, 4 & 9:15 p.m. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: Stanley Kramer's comedy classic. Sun., May 16, 2, 5 & 8 p.m.; Mon., May 17, 5 & 8 p.m. Fish Tank: Andrea Arnold's coming-of-age story. Tue., May 18, 7 & 9:30 p.m.; Wed., May 19, 2, 7 & 9:30 p.m. 1727 Haight (at Cole), 668-3994, www.redvicmoviehouse.com.

Roxie Theater. When You're Strange: The Doors: Tom DiCillo's documentary about the band. Through May 13, 7 p.m. $5-$9.75. October Country: Doc about the Mosher family.Through May 12, 7 & 9 p.m.; Through May 20, 7:45 p.m. $5-$9.75. The Runaways: Floria Sigismondi's rock music feature. Through May 13, 9 p.m. $5-$9.75. "I Still Wake Up Dreaming": See more in Night & Day. May 14-27. $5-$9.75. The Square: Joel and Nash Edgerton's thriller. May 14-20, 9:30 p.m.; May 15-16, 5:30 p.m. $5-$9.75. 3117 16th St. (at Valencia), 863-1087, www.roxie.com.

SFMOMA. Portraits of Women Program 2: Cindy Sherman's Office Killer. Thu., May 13, 7 p.m. Transitions: San Francisco Art Institute MFA Films: Films by this year's graduating students. Sun., May 16, 4 p.m. 151 Third St. (at Mission), 357-4000, www.sfmoma.org.

The Vortex Room. Logan's Run and Moon Zero Two: Cult films in a loungey atmosphere. Thu., May 13, 9 p.m. $5 donation. 1082 Howard (at Seventh St.), www.myspace.com/thevortexroom.

The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio. May Film of the Month: Peter Pan. Mondays, Wednesdays-Sundays, 1 & 4 p.m. Continues through May 31. 104 Montgomery (at Lincoln), 345-6800, www.waltdisney.org.

VIZ Cinema. Kaiju Shakedown: Godzilla-Thon: Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Godzilla vs. Gigan, Godzilla vs. Megalon, and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. See more in Night and Day. Thu., May 13, 7 p.m. $8-$10. "The Big Surf Weekend": Endless Summer, Endless Summer II, and many more. May 14-15. $8-$10. "Sci-fi Anime Madness": Royal Space Force, Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone, and many more. May 15-20. $8-$10. 1746 Post (at Webster), 525-8600, www.newpeopleworld.com.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. "To the Limit: Pina Bausch on Film": On Tour with Pina Bausch by Chantal Akerman. Through May 30, 7:30 p.m. $8. "To the Limit: Pina Bausch on Film": The Complaint of the Empress (Die Klage Der Kaiserin). Thu., May 13, 7:30 p.m. Typeface: Justine Nagan's film about typeface. See more in Night and Day. Sat., May 15, 6 & 8 p.m.; May 16, 2 & 4 p.m. $8. 701 Mission (at Third St.), 978-2787, www.ybca.org.

 
 

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